EUROPA LEAGUE
Liverpool and Alavés' 9-goal white knuckle ride in Dortmund
Front cover of the print edition of AS on Wednesday 16th May 2001
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Travelling Liverpool fans at the Westfalenstadion, May 16, 2001.
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Babbel's bonce. The German started what turned into a carnival of goals. 1-0 Min.3
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Babbel - back of the net.
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Never one to miss a goal fest, Steven Gerrard blasted in to make it 2-0 on the quarter hour.
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Alavés reply: Iván Alonso's towering header left Westerveld stranded. 2-1 Min. 26
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Steven Gerrard and Óscar Téllez
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Gary McAllister slots home from the spot. 3-1. Min.40
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Javi Moreno roars after pulling Alavés back from 3-1 down to 3-3.
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3-3. Javi Moreno Min.49
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Emile Heskey started, but made way for Robbie Fowler on 64 minutes.
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Divine intervention. Robbie Fowler, or 'God' restored Liverpool's lead. 4-3 Min.72.
Carragher beats Astudillo and Tomic to the ball
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Incredible. Jordi Cruyff made it 4-4 with two minutes of regulation time left to take the game into extra-time.
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Alavés'coach Jose Manuel 'Mané' gives some encouragement to Ivan Tomic just as cramp set in for both sets of players.
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Defeat came as a blow to Alavés midfielder Hermes Desio
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Robbie Fowler and Sami Hyypia share the honours of hoisting the trophy.
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Michael Owen takes his turn to lift the cup.
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Dejection.
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Jordi Cruyff after collecting his losers' medal.
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"Losing like that is to win" ran the headline on the front cover of AS on Thursday 17th May 2001.
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